Hexbin plots does not display x label and xtick labels

[BDannowitz]

I'm currently using python 2.7, pandas 0.16.2.dev, and ipython version 3.1.0

In brief, it seems that there are cases that the sharex option of pandas.DataFrame.plot(kind='hexbin') defaults to True instead of False. This causes the x label and xtick labels to be invisible.

Preceding stack overflow and ipython github threads that led to here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31220329/pandas-dataframe-hexbin-plot-has-no-xlabel-or-axis-values

ipython/ipython#8653

[TomAugspurger]

I suspect that it's the same underlying issue as #10611, which is for scatter.

[rabernat]

What is the recommended workaround for this issue?

[cwwalter]

What is the recommended workaround for this issue?

Put a sharex=False in your plot command.